Morse High names 1955 valedictorian and top honors
Sue Hagerthy named valedictorian of the Class of 1955 at Morse High School. Other honors go to Althea Gaylord salutatorian Judy Holbrook first honor essay Nathan Cohen second honor essay and Robert Haggett class oration.
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Morse High School
Robert Haggett
Judy Holbrook
Sue Hagerthy
Althea Gaylord
Nathan Cohen
Sally M. Hagerthy
High Street
Raymond W. Farnham
E. Merritt Shea
Meadowway
C. Paul Holbrook, Jr
Bailey Street
Dora Cohen
Old South Place
Charles Haggett
York Street
Girls’ Athletic Association
Leader Corps
Mentor
Mohiba
Gaylord
National Honor Society
D.A.R
Morse
University of Massachu
Cohen
Dirigo
Brown University
Haggett
Colby College
Bath Iron Works Stock Surges on Market Hopes
BIW stock jumps 11 2 points to close at 72 5 as brokers weigh a possible merger with General Dynamics and large Navy orders. BIW emphasizes no merger talks while noting nuclear ventures and a 1956 Navy program could bring six destroyers and one destroyer escort, keeping the Bath yard busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
BIW
General Dynamics
BSW
John R. Newell
Newell
Times
Washington
Navy
Bath Yard
Paradise Inn Theft Derailed by Slapstick Loot
Thieves who robbed the Paradise Inn in San Angelo Texas escaped with only 70 cents from a joke, leaving two expensive white shirts behind after an Apparent misfortune.
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San Angelo
Tex
Paradise Inn
Iece
County Officials To Meet With State C D Here Friday
Sagadahoc County government and civil defense officials will meet with State CD officials Friday at 7 p m at the County Court House for a briefing on civil defense organization. Col Walter H Kennett Saga dahocc CD Director will open the program followed by a discussion by State CD Director Harry A Mapes. Assistant State Director George R Petty will discuss the CD law and plan, with seven staff members outlining their fields. Topics include communications matching funds supply police fire warden medical mass care and public relations.
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Sagadahoc
County Court House
Walter H. Kennett
Sagadahocc CD
Harry A Mapes
George R. Petty
Huse Fourth Graders Tour Times Co for Civic Study
A class from Huse Memorial School led by Miss Alice Austin visited Times Co on Wednesday as part of Civic studies. Students Noreen Addison Frederick Woods Faith Fleming Paul Fortier Richard Marco Donna Petlock Edward Boudreau Gibb Gower Ruth Csprosz Peter White Gayle McCormick Charles Cahill joined by moms Mrs Stanley Woods and Mrs Morris Petlock for the educational tour.
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Alice Austin
Huse Memorial School
The
Times Co
Noreen Addison
Frederick Woods
Faith Fleming
Paul Fortier
Richard Marco
Donna Petlock
Edward Boudreau
Gibb Gower
Ruth Csprosz
Peter White
Gayle McCormick
Charles Cahill
Stanley Woods
Morris Petlock
Miss Janice Knight Injured In Auto Accident Sunday
Miss Janice Knight daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Knight of Lincoln street is a patient at Farmington hospital after an auto crash on an icy road She was riding in a car that was driven off the road and damaged badly and fear of internal injuries was raised She and her fiancé were en route to Rangeley to inspect a theater trailer was employed to remove her to the hospital where X rays were taken Her fiancé and the Knights drove to Farmington after learning of the accident and Mrs Knight will stay with her daughter until release
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Janice Knight
Bernard Knight
Lincoln Street
Farmington Hospital
Miss Knight
Rangeley Summer Players
Rangeley
Farmington
Publisher Frank Nichols Attends Eisenhower News Conference
Washington correspondent Paul Niven notes that 87 year old Frank Nichols of Bath Maine attended a White House news conference with his son in law. Nichols has owned the Bath Daily Times since 1897 and also publishes The Bath Independent and The Brunswick Record.
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Washington
Frank Nichols
Bath
Maine
Eisenhower
Nichols
Associated Press
Paul Niven
Brunswick
Paul Niven, Jr
Niven
Columbia Broadcasting System
Bath Daily Times
The
Bath Indendent
Brunswick Roord
White House
Mint
Jeferson
National Press Club
Italy
Capitol
Senate
Morse High Band And Glee Club Concert Thursday
Morse High School presents its annual combined concert at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. The junior band of 23 from Bath schools, the 45 voice Glee club directed by Austin Miller, and the 40 piece Morse band under Cecil Rowland join in a varied program of marches overtures novelties and popular music. A large audience is expected.
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Morse High School
Glee Club
Bath
Austin Miller
Morse
Cecil Rowland
Una Witham
Christine Libby
Judy Ashe
Robert Allen
Anna Lonn
Nancy Bourgois
Albert Douglass
Earle Moore
Dennis Ring
Donald Lewis
Diane Longley
Jean Fleming
Nan Emero
Mary Baird
Betsy Bertrand
Duane Fraser
Jane Fraser
Judy McPhee
Jacqueline Purdy
Beverly Sanford
Richard Coombs
Wayne Perry
Donald McAllister
Robert Freeman
Clyde Wills
Richard Crabtree
Lucy Smith
Cynthia Osgood
Joanne Frank
Adelle Rubin
Christal Cornish
Sandra Sinclair
Ann Miller
Jean Shumway
Sandra Bean
Judy Boyce
Susan Bates
Edward Estes
Dillon Gillies
Joseph Fullerton
Edwin Mitchell
Lyndon Harris
Peter Owen
George Langbehn
Margo Parks
Joan Hawks
Richard Carter
Judy Gross
Ira Nodine Elected Rotary President for 1955 56
Ira D. Nodine was elected president of the Rotary club for 1955 56 at Tuesday luncheon in Central church parish house. Officers named include Harmon E. Eliason first vice president and H Rodney Brooke second vice president with T Tarpy Schulten as secretary. Board members listed include Bernard E Varnum Heyward A Newcomb and Ira D Nadine among others. Joseph Murphy of Sears Roebuck Co. spoke on Profit Sharing at the meeting.
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Ira D. Nodine
Rotary Club
Central Church Parish House
Harmon E. Eliason
H. Rodney Brooke
T. Tarpy Schulten
Reginald L Parker
Carl Y. Kennedy
Oliver W. Bell
James E Thorpe
Fred Jones
George E. Sargent
Eugene M. Desmond
Bernard E. Varnum Heyward A. Newcomb
Ira D. Nadine
H Rodney Brooke
James W. Temple
Carl Y Kennedy
Harold C. Colbeth
James E. Thorpe
Clinton A Fleming
Joseph Murphy
Sears, Roebuck Co
Bath Man Suffered Chest Injuries At Bath Iron Works
Robert E Bridges a 29 year old Bath man in the welding department was injured Tuesday when a 3,000 pound heat treat board toppled from a truck in the Bath Iron Works yard. He was taken to the shipyard hospital with chest injuries described as satisfactory and later to be moved to Bath Memorial Hospital.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
Robert E. Bridges
Ruse] Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bridges
Bath Council Approves One Mill Tax Increase
The Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers heard a plan for Salk polio vaccinations for first and second graders in Bath Portland and Bangor with 617 Bath children to be immunized. Immunizations begin after April 12 pending evaluation results and involve three shots over five weeks with immunity six weeks after the first dose. The vaccine is donated by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the program includes parental consent and a follow up film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
R. Clinton McFadden
Maine
National Foundation
McFadden
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Isadore Singer
Christine Watts
Teachers’ Club
Donald B. McMillan
Leon Robbins
Eugene Hart
Dike
Isabelle Bryant
Augusta
Highway and Taxation Department
Legislative Happenings in Augusta and Bath Budget Debate
Rep. Rodney E. Ross Jr. pushes a bill to shrink Bath Council to nine members with pay and refer referendum. In Augusta a five hour session debated utility rate fixes and an economy bloc while gasoline tax, highway financing, and budget tweaks sparked contention amid a 64 mill Bath rate and school funding priorities.
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Augusta
Public Utilities Committee
Central Maine Power Co. and Telephone Company
Albert
Bath
Robert Brewer
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Bath Council
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp
West Bath
Central Fire Station
West Bath Company
Brewer
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Miss Holbrook
University of Maine
Maine Medical Center
B.J.W
Stock Exchange
State C.D
Huse
Polar Star Lodge
Polar Star Lodge of Masons
No. 114
Masonic Temple
Harland Boynton
Jewel
George E. Boynton
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Ernest F. Freeman
Fred Osgood
Kenneth Wood
Edmund Furber
Harrison Dutton
Herbert Anderson, Jr
Jack McCall
Richard Towle
Frank Frink
Frederick C. Merchant
Harry MacDonald
Robert Mitchell
Tyler
Genesta Chapter
OFES
Russell Merchant
Ruth Fuller
Florence Maass
Foster Pratt
Otis Morse
Eugene Hawkes
Joe Avery
Trailmobile
Morse High Band
Ira Nodine
Rotary
B.I.W
Rep
Merritt A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Highway Department
Charles MacDonald, Jr
Ward Seven
Public Welfare Department
Recreation Program
Stanley R. Hunter
Ward Five
Donald F. Perry
Lording R Addison
Hunter
James McGuiggan
Ward One
John Leonard
Perry
Board of Assessors
Health and Sanitation
Ross
Citizens of
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